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Promoting or requiring substitute or modified materials, products or processes to
prevent dioxin and furan formation and release;
Requiring the use of best available techniques (BAT) for new sources in categories
specified in the action plan and for all new sources in certain categories specified in
Convention Annexes;
Promoting BAT and best environmental practices (BEP) for new sources in other
categories and for existing sources.
POPs Stockpiles, Wastes. Parties will be required to develop strategies for
identifying POPs stockpiles; for identifying products and articles in use containing or
contaminated with POPs; and for identifying wastes consisting of or contaminated with
POPs.
Parties will be required to collect, handle and store POPs stockpiles and wastes in an
environmentally sound manner (including products and articles upon becoming wastes).
Parties will be required to dispose of these stockpiles and wastes, preferably in a way that
destroys the POPs content or irreversibly transforms the POPs content so that it no longer
exhibits properties of POPs.
Parties will also endeavor to develop strategies for identifying sites (soils and
sediments) contaminated with POPs and, if remediation is undertaken, it shall be performed
in an environmentally sound manner.
Other Stockholm Convention Provisions
Parties will be required to develop and implement a plan for the implementation of its
obligations under the Convention. It will transmit its plan to the Convention’s Conference of
the Parties (COP); and will review and update the plan as appropriate.
The Convention includes provisions for: Information exchange; Public information,
awareness and education; Research, development and monitoring; Reporting; Effectiveness
evaluation; and Settlement of disputes.
As indicated earlier, the Convention also includes provisions for listing additional
POPs for action beyond the initial list of twelve, and for determining related reduction and/or
elimination measures for them.
Also, as indicated earlier, the Convention includes provisions on Technical
Assistance and on Financial resources and mechanisms. These provisions recognize that:
“timely and appropriate technical assistance in response to requests form developing country
Parties and Parties with economies in transition is essential to the successful implementation
of this Convention.” These provisions also recognize that timely and appropriate financial
assistance is also essential for this same purpose.
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